Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

"Alright! Let's see what's so special about refining the spirit sense…" Lin Wu said before engrossing himself into reading the newly devised technique.

At first, Lin Wu was quite upbeat, but as he read more and more his vibe turned serious. He didn't even realize it, and a day had passed just like that. He didn't know what it was, but the technique had created a strange attraction of some kind which he didn't expect.

It was the same as when one started reading a good mystery book, one would forget the time and keep on reading it till it was finished or if they were interrupted. But in the case of Lin Wu, there was no one to interrupt him here.

Well, there was Shirong of course, but that man was engrossed in his own cultivation and was currently healing himself. For cultivators who had been cultivating for a few years, this was nothing unusual, after all, a lot of them would spend years at a time, trying to comprehend the 'profundities of heaven and earth.'

This was Lin Wu's first time being pulled in like this. In the end, when he woke up from the trance, he couldn't tell how much time had passed.

"Huh? Wha-what?" Lin Wu muttered in confusion as he tried to make sense of his situation.

After shaking his head a few times, he was able to fully orient himself.

"What the hell was that!" Lin Wu exclaimed with shock.

He looked at how much time was passed in the host data and was shocked.

~Ding~

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AGE: 2 years, 4 months, 5 days

LIFESPAN: 300 years

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"How the hell did ten days pass by?" Lin Wu wondered.

Lin Wu took a look at the technique again and realized that while it was a few tens of pages long, it had a dangerous charm that entranced his mindfully. But then he went over it in his mind and felt that he now understood the technique fully.

Every small aspect and nuance that had been mentioned in the technique had been fully assimilated by him. He now knew the technique like the back of his non existent hand.

"Wait, what's up with Shirong? He didn't check on me either?" Lin Wu wondered.

He then used his connection to see the current situation outside and saw that he was still in the courtyard.

~Phew~

Lin Wu took a breath of relief seeing that Shirong was still in the same place, although it was still unknown if he had moved during this period or not. 

"His clothes are different, so he should have moved at least once during this time…" Lin Wu stated.

'Thankfully, I didn't change my form during the entire time.' Lin Wu thought.

Shirong was currently sitting on his knees and had his hands in a unique position. His left hand fingers were wrapped around right hand's ring finger while the rest of them formed a seal of some kind. Lin Wu observed it for a bit and then saw him change the seal to a different one.

Just like this, he would change it every minute to a different one and along with it, his breathing pattern would change as well. It seemed incredibly complex, yet simple at the same time. 

"Wait… aren't these from the Sky Shaking Immortal Art?" Lin Wu recognized.

While Lin Wu had the information about the Sky Shaking Immortal Art in the system, he didn't actually remember it completely after these few days, thus it took him a while to recognize. Besides, Lin Wu had only seen Shirong meditate all these past days and had thought that was just him cultivating and healing.

Only now did he realize that he was merely healing himself why the spirit qi he was getting was the passive spirit qi that his body automatically absorbed.

"Damn, I guess the cultivation technique really is quite powerful. Just its passive recovery is quite a lot." Lin Wu spoke feeling impressed.

Thirty minutes passed like this and Lin Wu then felt a large amount of spirit qi entering Shirong's body. The concentration was dense enough that a cloud of it could be seen covering his body. The spirit qi swirled around his body and then entered his body along with his breath and the fine pores on his skin.

Every breath would send faint tremors across his skin, which would stimulate his pores to open and close, creating a suction that pulled in the spirit qi. This was the first time Lin Wu was witnessing the working of a cultivation technique.

"System, will this help in the analysis of the cultivation techniques?" Lin Wu asked.

Feeling very interested, Lin Wu wondered if benefit can be gained from this.

~Ding~

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ANSWER: The system can do a visual analysis of the cultivation techniques effect, but there is a better method to gain a deeper understanding as well. 

The system can send in its own spirit qi and use it to trace the movement of the spirit qi across the meridians. While the spirit qi would be lost this way, the system would still be able to detect and recored a large amount of data.

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Reading about the system's method made Lin Wu remember several topics from his past. He remembered how in biochemistry certain tracer elements were injected into the molecule of a compound and how the radiation from those was observed to analyze the creation and metabolization of enzymes.

In this manner complex biological systems could be studied and their secrets could be found out. 

"Alright system, do it!" Lin Wu approved.

A few wisps of spirit qi were released from the system's spirit qi storage and flowed along with the connection that was formed between Shirong and Lin Wu. The spirit qi wisps were blocked for a moment in the ring but then were able to move across it reaching the real world.

Shirong also felt it, and his eyes trembled for a moment. But he didn't lose focus and continued cultivating, letting the spirit qi enter his body. 

'What was that?' Shirong thought.